A prospective, international, randomized, noninferiority study comparing an titanium implantable vertebral augmentation device versus balloon kyphoplasty in the reduction of vertebral compression fractures (SAKOS study)

Affiliations

• ¹ Hospital Clinico-Universitario de Valladolid, Calle Ramon y Cajal S/n, 47008 Valladolid, Spain. Electronic address: noriega1970@icloud.com.
• ² Direttore U.O.C. Radiologia, Ospedale SS. Trinità ASL8, via Is Mirrionis 92, 09121 Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
• ³ Department of Radiology, Bois-Cerf Clinic, Avenue d'Ouchy 31, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland.
• ⁴ Department of Orthopedic, Trauma and Spine surgery, CHU de La Timone, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13385 Marseille, France.
• ⁵ Department of Neurosurgery, Locomotor Centre, CHU Brest Cavale Blanche, Bd Tanguy Prigent, 29609 Brest, France.
• ⁶ Chefarzt Wirbelsäulenchirurgie, Loretto-Krankenhaus Freiburg, Mercystr. 6-14, 79100 Freiburg, Germany.
• ⁷ Department of Orthopedic Surgery, HFR Fribourg, Cantonal Hospital, 1er étage, Case postale 1708, Fribourg, Switzerland.
• ⁸ Neurosurgery Unit, Hôpital Jean Minjoz, 3 Boulevard Alexandre Fleming, 25030 Besançon, France.
• ⁹ Krankenhaus NEUWERK, Sankt Augustinus Kliniken, Dünner Strasse 214-216, 41066 Mönchengladbach, Germany.
• ¹⁰ Interventional Neuroradiology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Av. Valdecilla, s/n, 39008 Santander, Spain.
• ¹¹ APHM, Hopital Nord, Pavillon Mistral, 1er étage, Chemin des Bourrely, 13915 Marseille, France.
• ¹² Neurosurgery Unit, CHU La Timone-Hôpital Adultes-5eme étage, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13385 Marseille, France.
• ¹³ Klinik und Poliklinik für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie, UniversitätsklinikumBonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany.